The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether - Original Edition

By Edgar Allan Poe

DURING the autumn of 18-, while on a tour through the extreme southern provinces of France, my route led me within a few miles of a certain Maison de Sante or private mad-house, about which I had heard much in Paris from my medical friends. As I had never visited a place of the kind, I thought the opportunity too good to be lost; and so proposed to my travelling companion (a gentleman with whom I had made casual acquaintance a few days before) that we should turn aside, for an hour or so, and look through the establishment. To this he objected-pleading haste in the first place, and, in the second, a very usual horror at the sight of a lunatic. He begged me, however, not to let any mere courtesy towards himself interfere with the gratification of my curiosity, and said that he would ride on leisurely, so that I might overtake him during the day, or, at all events, during the next. As he bade me good-bye, I bethought me that there might be some difficulty in obtaining access to the premises, and mentioned my fears on this point.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08NZBP3ZM
• ISBN13: 9798569439331
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"